How tf Are Spek Graphs Read?

Started by Kings, Feb 6, 2016, in Entertainment Add to Reading List

  1. Kings
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    Feb 6, 2016
    How tf do you read these things? I just recently downloaded the Spek analysis program, and I was trying to use it to read the quality on Young Thug's I'm Up, and Future's EVOL. Both are supposed to be 320kbps mp3, and I'm Up is pretty consistent, but the tracks on EVOL are all over the place.
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  2. dkdnfbdjdkdddjdjfvcgfl
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    Feb 6, 2016
    If the colored lines cut off cleanly at 16mhz, then the tracks are probably 128 kbps. But, the cutoff could also just be that low because the tracks were mixed or mastered like that.

    Typically, the colored lines shouldn't have a clean ending if they are authentic 320 or higher in quality.
     
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  3. dkdnfbdjdkdddjdjfvcgfl
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    Both your albums are authentic 320s though, from the looks of it. So, it's just a difference in mixing or mastering.
     
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  4. DetroitDGAF
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    Theyre official 320s

    Horribly mastered at some points as can be seen in the spectrum, btw theres a thread for this sir
     
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